Disappointed with the Upcoming Fedora 12 Release
by Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming)
Hi,
Fedora is my favorite Linux distribution. I have been eagerly anticipating
the upcoming release of Fedora 12 but am disappointed to discover that it
will not support Xen pv-ops dom0 kernel.
<QUOTE>
Xen Kernel Support
The kernel package in Fedora 12 supports booting as a guest domU, but will
not function as a dom0 until such support is provided upstream. Work is
ongoing and hopes are high that support will be included in kernel 2.6.33
and Fedora 13.
The most recent Fedora release with dom0 support is Fedora 8.
</QUOTE>
Link: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Virtualization
Here is a list of my Xen pv-ops dom0-related videos on Youtube so far. I am
using Fedora 11 x86_64 as my host operating system.
[1] PCI Express x16 VGA Passthrough to Xen-based Windows XP Home HVM Virtual
Machine Part 1 of 2
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNEiSInrav0
[2] PCI Express x16 VGA Passthrough to Xen-based Windows XP Home HVM Virtual
Machine Part 2 of 2
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hOT_9LIG5w
[3] The Final Solution: Open Source Xen VGA Passthrough
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ia3IwG6tp4
[4] Playing 3D FPS Game Alien Arena in Xen-based Windows XP Home Edition HVM
Virtual Machine
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tLzYqIJ7Q0
[5] Xen Virtualization VGA Passthrough: 3D Gaming Benchmark Results Part 2
of 2
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYg6n8yBktM
[6] Xen Virtualization VGA Passthrough: 3D Gaming Benchmark Results Part 1
of 2
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I13E1MQbMc
[7] Xen Virtualization VGA Passthrough: Disk I/O Benchmark Results
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL7JS4PMpzY
[8] Xen Virtualization VGA Passthrough: PerformanceTest 7.0 Virtual CPU
Benchmark Results
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLR-o9tX_Tw
[9] Xen Virtualization VGA Passthrough: SiSoftware Sandra Virtual Processor
Benchmark Part 1 of 2
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUXOAPce_40
[10] Xen Virtualization VGA Passthrough: SiSoftware Sandra Virtual Processor
Benchmark Part 2 of 2
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5lle8WOHLE
[11] Xen Virtualization VGA Passthrough: Playing 3D FPS Games in Windows XP
HVM Virtual Machine
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pikwgl8bac8
[12] Xen Virtualization & Intel VT-d: Direct Hardware Access to Graphics
Card by Windows Virtual Machines
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHUwg_zxYgw
[13] Xen Virtualization, VT-d, VGA Passthrough, & Windows XP HVM Virtual
Machine: Super PI 32M Benchmark
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mxuNRiMxDU
[14] Xen Virtualization: Super PI 32M Benchmark 2nd Iteration
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7W0OFFcw7I
[15] How to Setup a Virtual Supercomputer Center or HPC Cluster using Xen
Virtual Machines Part 1 of 2
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmNKi6CoExM
[16] How to Setup a Virtual Supercomputer Center or HPC Cluster using Xen
Virtual Machines Part 2 of 2
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAqDESEWMjM
[17] Building a Rocks HPC Cluster with Xen Hardware Virtual Machines (HVM)
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbLaPpwNAx4
[18] Building a Rocks HPC Cluster with Xen Hardware Virtual Machines (HVM)
(Update 1)
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWHIImVBr4o
Because of the absence of official support for Xen pv-ops dom0 kernel in
Fedora 11, I have to manually and laboriously configure my home multimedia
and general purpose desktop system over a period of 2-3 months. Admittedly I
have gained a lot of useful knowledge throughout the process. Thanks to
Boris' setup guides, and assistance from Pasi, Han Weidong from Intel Corp,
Jeremy Fitzhardinge from Citrix, and the rest of the Xen developers
community, I have managed to get a fully working Xen pv-ops dom0 Fedora 11
host operating system.
It will be a daunting task for newbie Linux users who want to setup a Xen
pv-ops dom0 system with the more recent releases of Fedora. Please do
consider including Xen pv-ops dom0 kernel in the next release of Fedora.
Michael Young has Xen dom0 kernel RPM packages for FC12. I am surprised that
they are not included in the upcoming Fedora 12 release.
Link: http://myoung.fedorapeople.org/dom0/x86_64/
Thank you.
--
Mr. Teo En Ming (Zhang Enming) Dip(Mechatronics) BEng(Hons)(Mechanical
Engineering)
Alma Maters:
(1) Singapore Polytechnic
(2) National University of Singapore
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